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  • The E-Sylum: Volume 11, Number 8, February 24, 2008, Article 22

    NUMISMATICS OF THE LINCOLN HIGHWAY

    Jeff Starck writes: "I was reading 'The Lincoln Highway'
    by Michael Wallis, with photographs by Michael S. Williamson,
    and numismatics popped up several times. The highway,
    named for President Lincoln, spans the nation, from New
    York to San Francisco. It's an interesting read, and though
    I'm only halfway finished, I've found three items related
    to numismatics that I thought I'd share with E-Sylum readers.

    "In Jersey City, N.J., appears a statue of Lincoln by James
    Earl Fraser 'the artist who designed the nickel with a buffalo
    head on one side and an Indian head on the other,' as the
    author writes. (page 27)

    "Later, the book mentions a park near Chicago where visitors
    can 'rub for luck the big Lincoln penny mounted on top of
    the fountain.' This is the Arche Memorial Fountain in Arche
    Memorial Park in Chicago Heights, at the intersection of U.S.
    30 and Illinois Route 1 (the Lincoln and Dixie highways,
    respectively). Has anyone been there and seen this? How large
    is this 'big Lincoln penny?'

    [I found one image of the Arche Memorial Fountain on the
    Internet showing Fraser's Lincoln:
    Full Story -Editor]

    "Finally, the third mention comes in Boone, Iowa, where young
    Kate Shelley, a 15-year-old Irish immigrant saved a train
    filled with passengers in 1881. When a bridge went out one
    rainy July night, she fled to the nearest depot to warn the
    express passenger train due to pass over the washed out trestle
    within the hour to stop. 'Hundreds of articles about the young
    heroine appeared around the world, and the state of Iowa presented
    Kate with a gold medal made by Tiffany's.' Shelley died at 46
    in 1912. I wonder where the medal is today.

    "This article talks about her money woes, as she couldn't
    make her house mortgage. Given her money troubles, maybe she
    had to sell the medal?"
    Full Story

    "This site even mentions the medal:
    Full Story

    "I just did a search and there are many sites that mention
    Kate Shelley.
    desmoinesriver.org/kshelley.html
    americanfolklore.net/folktales/ia.html

    "There's even been a book about her:
    amazon.com/Kate-Shelley-Robert-San-Souci/ "

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  • 2008-02-24
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  • 11

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